2:49 PM,
Dec. 3, 2012

James 'Garrett' Clapp in a 2010 photo when when he was with the Rockland County Sheriff's Office's mounted unit.

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A Rockland County sheriff's deputy involved in an off-duty road rage incident last month never identified himself as a police officer when he reportedly told a man during a physical confrontation that "you messed with the wrong person" and started to draw his handgun, according to police reports obtained by The Journal News.

Not realizing he was a police officer, the man and another man grabbed Deputy James Clapp on Route 45 and struggled for the gun, which Clapp warned was loaded, didn't have a safety and could go off.

All three fell during the tussle, causing Clapp to injure his leg and receive ...